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Assynt Angling Research and Information
This site is part of a 3 year research study on Angling in Assynt, which itself is part of a wider national study about angling’s social and community aspects. It seeks to understand more about how angling can play a positive role in rural and remote communities and generate information for the benefit of local people and organisations and anglers. Find out more about the research...Post A Comment!
Please leave your comments about your experience of angling in Assynt by clicking on the map and on a marker for a place you have fished. Find out more about how to leave a comment.
Download Assynt Angling Booklet
We have produced a new booklet giving the basic information about all angling in Assynt - trout, sea and salmon fishing. You can pick up a copy at all permit outlets in Assynt, or download the Angling in Assynt A Guide for Visitors (PDF 0.4MB).
New Reports on Assynt Available
Two new reports on our work in Assynt in 2010 are now freely available. These are:
They are available, along with all the interim reports from 2010 of the Social and Community benefits of Angling project, on our Angling Research Resources website
New Blog Section Launched
We have added a Blog section to this site so that we can report and comment on some of the research as it is ongoing. We will also post blogs by you if you would like to send them to us.
Email assynt@substance.coop
Get Involved!
The case study is multi-faceted and there are a number of different ways you can get involved. These include helping us with our surveys, contributing comments and catch information via the state of the art online mapping tool, contributing to our postcode survey and being interviewed by the project team. Find out how to get invloved…A National Angling Research Programme
The Assynt study is part of a larger research programme called ‘The Social and Community Benefits of Angling’, funded by the Big Lottery Fund. Read more about the research...Progress So Far…
The project is in its second year (2010). At the end of Year one we issued Interim Reports on all aspects of the research programme, including a bespoke report on Assynt. This is available for free download here: http://resources.anglingresearch.org.ukWhat They Said
We’ve had a fair bit of press coverage about this site and the Assynt Angling Project. See our Press page for more...Research Outputs
We are developing a bespoke Angling Research Resource web page that will provide reports, statistics and other material from the research. This includes the Interim Report on Angling in Assynt and is available here:http://resources.anglingresearch.org.uk
New Trout Angling Boundary Map
In response to requests from anglers, we have developed a map showing the boundaries of the different trout permits in Assynt - The Assynt Crofters Trust; the Assynt Angling Association East, West and South Zones; and Lagg Fishery. Details of where to buy permits for these areas is on the permit page.Non Angling Things to Do in Assynt
On those days that you’re not fishing, or can’t fish, there’s usually something going on in Assynt. The Highland Council Countryside Rangers service provides numerous activities in the area and was praised by a lot of respondents in our surveys last year. For more information see their list of Guided Walks in Assynt 2011.Comments and Reports Improved
We have made some minor changes to help organise the comments you can make on Assynt:- General Comments about angling in Assynt
- Fishing Reports about your experience of a particular loch.
If you want to post about a particular loch, please use the map tool to click on that loch and leave a comment.
You can also now view comments in different ways:
Get Information - Give Us Feedback!
As part of the research we have created a unique interactive map of angling in Assynt using state of the art OS technology. This provides you with the hottest local information on where to fish, how to buy permits, where the boats are located, photographs and more.But we also really need you to give us your feedback and fishing reports on lochs you have fished, what the experience was like, and what you caught. You can also add you own loch, send us photographs or tell us about wildlife you have seen whilst fishing.
